South Melbourne vs Essendon 25-Aug-1979 Lineups

Saturday 25-Aug-1979

Final Round 21

South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart

76 10.16

95 13.17

Essendon Coach: Barry Davis

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

26 Stephen Wright — 35 Peter Morrison — 25 Barry Round — 17 Ian Roberts — 32 Paul Morwood — 16 Ricky Quade — 27 Max James — 5 John Rantall — 34 Max Kruse — 21 Tony Morwood — 12 Neville Fields — 30 Shane Zantuck — 42 David Ackerly — 38 Dale Murphy — 13 Graham Dempster — 2 Len Thompson — 29 David McLeish — 19 Terry ONeill — 28 Michael Smith — 4 Jon Hummel —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

37 Ian Marsh — 10 Garry Foulds — 6 Neale Daniher — 16 Steven Taubert — 9 Shane Heard — 29 Allan Davis — 27 Simon Madden — 13 Ken Mansfield — 31 Max Crow — 21 Ken Fletcher — 36 Denis Scanlon — 38 Peter Bennett — 48 Craig Barbary — 32 Tim Watson — 5 Terry Daniher — 33 Glenn Hawker — 24 Stephen Robins — 20 Kelvin Steel — 12 Michael Sheldon — 42 Russell Muir —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	3.1	3.1	3.5	1.9	76
ESS	4.9	4.2	4.4	1.2	95

Match Leaders

Goals

Terry DaniherESS

Behinds

Neale DaniherESS

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals13

16Behinds15

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

312Disposals300

224Kicks217

88Handballs83

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts25

Other

73Marks70

41Frees For42

42Frees Against41

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 19 points, 95–76.

Essendon took a 26-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 15 points to 8 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage